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Scraps and Jarts. ? The senate committee on privileges and elections has directed a favorable report on the proposed amendment to the constitution, providing for the election of United States senators by the popular vote of the people. The report will be submitted in a few days. ? The low price of com has created a demand for it in Europe, and as the result, shipments have been very heavy, especially from Southern ports. The crop of the South was far in excess of its own needs. As an instance of the increase in this export trade, Port Royal may be cited. Last year this port cleared 116,900 bags of flour and only 200,000 bushels of corn. This year already 1,250,000 bushels of corn have been exported and a shipment of 800,000 bushels is already contracted for. The South and the West both contribute to this supply. ? The Chicago convention will be conspicuous by the absence of the men who have controlled Democratic poli tics in this country for many years. Mr. Gorman, Mr. Brice,' Mr. Croker, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Whitney, Mr. Watterson and other leaders of the Democracy have already announced that they will not be delegates, and will take no part in the next presidential campaign; but Senator Hill is going, aud, as chairman of the Ne>v York delegation, will be the most important man in the assembly. The absence of the experienced and long-headed men will give the free coinage wing of the party a much greater advantange than they would otherwise enjoy, and will seriously weaken the opposition to silver. ? A settlement of the Venezuela question has been reached, says a Washington dispatch, and it will be announced at an early day. Of this satisfactory conclusion of the controversy, the president has bad knowledge for several days past. Great Britain has acted with a magnanimity that will commend her to the severest critics. She concedes sow much that there will be little left to arbitrate, should arbitration become necessary. It is not improbable that the entire matter may now be settled outside the Venezuelan commission by the president and Lord Salisbury. The president is in very high spirits over this favorable turn in the controversy between the two nations and says: "The American people will soon entertain a much higher estimate of the fairness of English statesmen than they have held heretofore. ? There was an exciting shooting affair in Gastonia, N. C., last Saturday afternoon. There has been bad feeling for some time between J. S. T. Hancock and A. Q. Kale. The children of Hancock work at the mill of the Gastonia Manufacturing company under Kale, who has charge of the carding and spinning department. Hancock claims that Kale has been mistreating bis children. They met about 5 o'clock in the public square. Kale knocked Hancock down and was beat ing him when some parties ran up and separated them. As soon as Hancock got up and got the opportunity, he drew his pistol and fired at Kale. Kale returned the fire and several shots were fired between them at short range; but strange to say no one was hit. They were arrested and gave bond for their appearance at court. ? Belle Boyd, the famous Confederate woman spy, has been in trouble again ; Knf-. / ?ma rktffr with flvinor paIatcj Nap theatrical company was stranded at Montgomery, Ala., not long ago, and she left her baggage at the Merchants' hotel as security for her board bill. Shortly after her departure, the hotel people opened her trunks, claimed to have found some linen belonging to the hotel, and had her arrested on the charge of larceny. Ex-Governor Jones volunteered for the defense. He had not appeared in a magistrate's court before for 20 years ; but said that he was proud to appear there on such business. He made an eloquent plea in behalf of bis client and claimed that there had been no attempt, indeed, no thought of stealing the hotel's linen. The linen, he said, if found in the trunks at all, was put there by the hotel people, and the whole thing was merely a scheme to make the poor woman pay the bill. Upon the conclusion of ex-Governor Jones's appeal, the magistrate discharged the prisoner. ? About 20,000 Spanish troops have arrived in Cuba during the past two weeks, and the total number of Spaniards now in the field is something over 120,000. The Cubans have not more than 50,000 troops, all told. The principal trouble with them is the fact that they have not sufficient arms and ammunition. If they could only get the necessary arms, they would have no difficulty in raising a force equal to that of the Spaniards. Notwithstanding the great difference in number, however, the Cubans still manage to hold their own most admirably. They continue to avoid pitched battles, and the Spaniards find it difficult to get at them. It is said that the insurgents frequently go into fights with only six or eight rounds of ammnnilinn nor mors Tf fhp first t U'n nr three volleys fail to rout the Spaniards, the Cubans retire. If, however, the ' Spaniards show signs of demoralization, the Cubans rush in with their machetes and quickly put them to flight. It has become pretty clear that with even numbers on both sides, the Spaniards are no match for the Cubaus. ? Chicago Record : "Ben Tillman's recent financial speech in the senate will be nothing compared to the one he is now preparing," remarked a well known Southern politician today. "Tillman told Representative Livingston, of Georgia," he continued, "that his four days' stay in New York had furnished him with the facts by which he will utterly demolish Wall street and its agents, who seem to run the treasury department. He found out the entire inside of Carlisle's action in awarding the last bonds, and he proposes to handle the subject in such a sensational and interesting manner that his coming speech will be doubly as interesting as his maiden effort, the demand for which keeps up constantly from all parts of the country. Till man's big find is of an extremely set sational character. He proposes t read, he told Livingston, a certifie , copy of the receipt of the banker wb , forfeited his $4,500,000 bid for bond: | given to Morgan, who afterwards wa , awarded those bonds in addition t those he got on his own bid. Tb , theory and supposition has been tha the banker was unable finally to tak the bonds. Tillman finds that he sol bis option for $45,000 to Morgan, an be has in his possession the certifie copy of the receipt he gave Morgan i return for the money paid him dowi ? The New Orleans Cotton Exchang statement of the crop from Septembe 1, 1895, to March 18, 1896, is as fo i lows: Port receipts, 4,599,440 balei against" 7,057,299 last year, 5,328,32 i year before Jast, ana ?,a?y,iJo? ior iu same time iD 1893. Overland to mil] and Canada, 690,462 bales, againc 918,329 last year, 709,023 year befor last, 743,429 for the same time in 189J Interior stocks in excess of Septembe 1, 308,759 bales, against 286,25,' 222,207 and 283,002. Southern mi takings, 609,705 bales, against 564,54( 499,929 and 481,277. Crop brougb into sight from September 1 to.datf 6,208,543 bales, against 8,826,429 las year, 6,759,484 year before last, an 5,897,067 for the same time in 189i Crop brought into sight for the weefc 85,693 bales, against 126,064 for th seven days ending March 13 last yeai 84,846 year before last, and 62,46 for the same time in 1893. Cro brought into sight for the first 13 day of March, 156,541 bales, against 239 517 last year, 142,876 year before lasi and 122,724 for the same time in 189f Comparisons in these reports are maa up to the corresponding date last yeai year before, and in 1893, and not t the close of the corresponding week. She Ijoehuitle (Enquire*. YOItKVILLE, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1896. ? Some of the astronomers had it the the earth was to be smashed to piece by a comet last Saturday; but somehow it seems that they have made a mistak in their calculations. The fiery visitc has struck out in a new direction at th rate of millions of miles a day. ? While preaching to an audience c 8,000 people in Atlanta last Sunday, Sar Jones suddenly declared that it was s hot in the church that he would eithe have to take of! his coat or stop preaching People in the audience shouted to hir not to stop: but to take off his coat an go ahead. He finished his talk in hi shirt sleeves. ? Senator Irby's call for a meeting c the State Democratic executive committe reads very much like a declaration c war on Senator Tillman. Senator Till man's proposition, it will be rememberec is a free coinage plank in the Chicag platform or a bolt of the South Carolin delegation. Irby stands out for majorit rule and maintains that it is the dut of the Democrats of this section to i good faith accept the action of the Chic* go convention as the law of the party, b that action what it may. The Question i one which may be expected to easily an quickly divide the State into two hostil camps. ? The Republicans of this State have n( yet settled their family quarrel, and it i not likely that they will be able to do s this side of St. Louis. Both Melton an Webster: claim to represent the genuin and only Republican party. Melton, it i understood, is for Reed, and Webster: for Allison for the Republican presider tial nomination. The Webster State cor vention is to be held on April 7, and th Melton convention is to be held on Apr 14. Both conventions will elect full sel of delegates to St. Louis. In such casei heretofore, it has been the habit of th Republican national convention to reoog nize both factions, and give to each dele gate half a vote. It is likely that this dis pute will be disposed of in the same mar ner; but as to which faction will contn the Federal patronage in the State, wi depend upon how its members may hav voted in the convention. MERE-MENTION. The Delbridge Paper company, c Atlanta, Ga., has failed. The mutilate bodies of a man and child were found i an ash barrel in Chicago one day las week. At first it was thought that murder had been committed; but aftei ward it developed that the bodies ha been placed there by a Negro who ha been hired to carry them away from medical college. The senate is gettin rather more conservative on the Cuba question. Mrs. Clara Barton ha reached Armenia all right and is noi calling for funds. She says lack c money is causing more distress than th Turks. The Atlanta Journal has put lished a story to the effect that Wi Myers, the notorious Georgia murderei is now in New York cily. Quee Victoria will be 77 years old in Ma next. The treasury gold reserve i now ?126,000,000. The senate committe has ordered a favorable report on the bi for the admission of New Mexico int the Union as a State. It is not though however, that the house is going to agre to such a proposition, for the reason thi 11 will mean uvu inurt; gnici sciiatuis. Ex-Senator Abbott, of Ohio, has bee convicted of bribery. He introduced bill not long ago to repeal the la' requiring druggists to pass an examiiu tion and then applied to a number < druggists to pay him money on conditio that he would withdraw the bill. School children out West are amusin themselves by tearing up Spanish llap that are provided for the purpose. Mi Terrell, the American minister to Cor stantinople, is coming back to Americ on a short leave of absence. Kin Menelik, of Abyssinia, has notified th i- Italians that he is ready to listen to proo posals for peace. Tuesday was St. d Patiick's day, and was appropriately cel0 ebrated in all the large cities of the 3 country where reside any considerable ^ number of Irishmen. Six men were blown to pieces at Rossland, British Columbia, last Saturday, while trying to ' thaw out some dynamite. d NEW REGISTRATION LAW. d ^ Condition*! Necessary to Enable a Citizen to Cast a Ballot. K The . new registration law is quite >e lengthy and very striugeut in its pro' visions; but a comprehensive idea of it can be gathered from the following : 3 Until January 1, 1898, registrations ,t? shall be in the bauds of three supere visors in each county, and after Janlg uary 1,1898, the work will be in charge Jt of one supervisor in each county. e Until January 1, 1898, all male citi^ zens who have been residents of the * State for two years and their respec~ ? -"I ? ~ Trt* Amim rn /\ntkn * W ve pUIII(l? ^ICWIIIUIO IUI 1V/UI uiuutuo, lj aud have paid their poll tax at least 5 six months previous to au election, and J who are notlaboriog under any of the , disabilities mentioned in the constitu^ tiou, and wbo can read or understand ^ the constitution, are entitled to regisj ter and become electors. After Jan.* uary 1,1898, the other conditions must g be complied with as described, and the r caudidate for registration must have g also paid all taxes that may have been assessed against him during the pre,g vious year, must be able to read and write auy section of the constitution, ^ or must show tax receipts ou property g1 to the value of $300. Ministers and g teachers, where otherwise qualified, r will be entitled to register after six g months residence in the State. The registration books must be open_ ed at the court house on the first Monday in April next, and kept open for six consecutive weeks. They must be opened again on the first Mondays in - June, July, August and September and kept open one week in each month. They will De ciosea au aays oeiore tne general election ; but individuals who , become of age during that interval r and are otherwise qualified, may be registered before the books are closed, i The board of registration is to be the judge as to an applicant's qualifica lion for voting. If the applicant is not satisfied with the ruling of the board, he can take bis case to a circuit judge or the circuit court, and from . there to the supreme court. All perI sons registered on or before January 1, it 1898, will be qualified voters for life lS unless they should be subsequently v disqualified on account of other provisions of the constitution. e Registration certificates shall be in r the following form : e Registration Certificate, Number . This is to certify that is a registered elector of the election district or county of , resides in township or I parish or ward; is years of age, and is n entitled to vote in polling precinct if o otherwise qualified. Registered on the ? day of , 18?. ir ? ? n Board of Registration of county. d , Supsrvisor of registration of 1 iD county. Provision is made for the renewal of lost or destroyed certificates and for )f the transfer of registration from one county to another. It is the duty of the clerks of the court to keep regis> tration boards advised of all couvictions for disqualifying crimes, and it is l? the duty of the registration boards to o erase the names of all who have beeu a convicted of such crimes. The disy qualifying crimes are : Burglary, arson, y obtaining goods or money under false n pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, bibamy, wifebeating, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, |e breach of trust with fraudulent intent, is fornication, sodomy, incest, ussault d with intent to ravish, miscegenation, le larceny, or crimes against the election laws. It is provided that the dishabil ities occasioued by conviction of the >t crimes mentioned may be removed is by a pardon from the governor, even 0 after the name of the voter bas been ^ stricken from the registration lists. Until after the general election of ;e 1896, there is no change in the law as j8 it applies to incorporated cities and '8 towns. After the general election of i- 1896, however, before an election can i- be held, all of the would-be voters l6 must have been duly registered by a 51 supervisor of registration appointed by the mayor or intendant, as the case may be. Before a certificate can be is3* sued, the applicant must have sub6 scribed to an oath to the effect that he >' has lived in the State two years, in s- the county one year, and in his polli ing precinct four months next immei diatly preceeding the election. )1 There ore, of course, numerous othII er provisions in the law ; but it is only such as have been mentioned that especially concern the individual applicant for registration. SENSATIONAL DAMAGE SUIT, j Miss Anna Stuart, of Point, S. C., n has instituted a suit for damages ,t against Mr. Charles Smith, of Smith & a Flournoy, says the Charlotte Observer - of last Friday. 14th instant: d On the 22ud of February last, Miss d Stuart was in Charlotte on a shopping' a expedition, having come with relatives g who drove through the country in a n wagon. During the day Miss Stuart 18 entered the store of Smith & Flour-! ,v noy. Mr. Smith says that Miss Stuart ^ came into the store while he was busy 0 waiting on a little girl. The youug woman took a seat by the stove and entered in a conversation with him. ^ After the little girl had gone out, Miss y Stuart asked to see something which js would do for a cheap present to take ?. ?A liimn wuc ,e oacK Dome wun u?. ...... U suggested , but after examining some, o slie thought the price too high. Then t, Mr. Smith suggested a vase. The ie vases were nearer the rear part of the it store. As they were looking at the " vases, he remarked in the eourse of n the conversation that they were very a pretty ; almost as pretty us she. She iV replied that they wouldn't have to be l" very pretty to be that. She asked the price. He said 40 cents. She said, " "Can't you tuke less?" He replied, "Being as it's you I reckon I caD. ,s I'll let you have them for 35 cents." ^ They were then standing by a wrap,* ping counter on which the vases had ,u been set out. Everything was in full g view of the door. Miss Stuart, Mr. ie Smith says, appeared uncertain and as if undetermined what to do. He then caught her by the cloak she wore and said, "Oh, come on. Let's talk about the vases." The versions of each diverge here. Miss Stuart charges that Mr. Smith said : "Oh, come on ; let's go in the Dack room." Miss Stuart then said: "I don't want your vases at any price," and immediately left the store. She returned to the wagon where her brother-in-law, Mr. Stinson, was, told him that she had been insulted. He reported the matter to Officer Black, who in company with the young woman, who was in tearQ, went into the store. She pointed out Mr. Smith and accused bim of insulting her. He made a denial of any intentional insult, but she said : "You needn't deny it; you know it's so." Officer Black advised Mr. Smith that he had better apologize, and he replied that he had liicaui) LiuviJiug wiuu^j uuv nao nmiug to apologize for what the lady had taken as aD affront. She was not satisfied with his amende, however, and last Tuesday she employed Mr. Frank Shannonhousc as her counsel and entered suit for $5,000 damages. Mr. Shannonhouse was in Shelby yesterday and could not been seen. Mr. Smith has retained Messrs. Jones & Tillett as bis counsel. It is said that an attempt to compromise the case and keep it out of court was unsuccessful, the plaintiff's demands being considered extravagant and unreasonable by the defendant. The unfortunate affair has resulted in Mr. Smith's disposing of his interest in the firm of Smith & Flournoy to Mr. Flournoy and Mr. C. Gresham, and the style of the firm will hereafter be C. B. Flournoy & Co. An Observer mau gathered the foregoing facts last night from sources deemed to be perfectly reliable. Finley and Mower.?About two o'clock Saturday afternoon we had occasion to go over to the house. As we passed the senate finance committee room and glanced in, we found Senator Finley eating dinner with an agent of the Gospel Temperance union. They were apparently holding "sweet converse" together as they swallowed their cabbage and sipped their coffee. The ftnonpl Temnerjinofl onion was on hand 1? ?? most of the session lobyiug agairst the dispensary, but they made no impression in the house or senate. Senator Finley is a tali, solemn looking Seceder, and when I saw him and Senator Mower, another Seceder, looking particularly sanctimouious, I knew "something was about to drop."; At the session of 1894 Senator Mower passed a senate bill about mortgages which the house had killed on a house bill, and when it got back to the house it was passeed without a word. The other day Senator Finley did not like a bill sent to the senate from the house. So be copied a piece of the new constitution and stuck it in as an amendment. When it got back to the house a fight was made against it because it was unconstitutional. One member said it was a part of the constitution ; but that it did not have "executive force" until put in form of a statute, and the last heard of the amendment it was going through the mill all right,?General Bob Hemphill in ADbeviiie Medium. Port Royal Dry Dock. One of the events of the past week was the arrival of the big war vessel Indiana, at Port Royal for the purpose of getting a cleaning of her bottom in the big dry dock that has recently been constructed at that place. In anticipation of the arrival of the Indiana, several thousand excursionists went to Port Royal from different parts of South Carolina aud Georgia. Governor Evans and Governor Atkinson were both on hand. The crowd was disappointed, however. On account of the winds and the state of the tide, the docking had to be postponed until after the departure of the excursionists. The Indiana is ODe of the largest vessels of the American navy, and the dry dock at Port Royal is the largest on the American coast. Heretofore, when it has been necessary to take the larger American vessels into dry docks for the purpose of having their bottoms cleaned, there was no other way for it than to rely upon the generosity of Great Britain. It was determined a few years ago that this country should, by all means, have a dry dock of her own, and Port Royal was selected as the proper location for the reason that the harbor there is the best on the South Atlantic coast. Anti-Option Bill Killed.?The house committee on agriculture decided on Wednesday, by a vote of three to six, to lay upon the table the antioption bill. The bill was practically the one fathered by ex-Congressman Hatch, of Missouri, and known as the Hatch bill. It has been under consideration for several weeks and the meeting which decided its fate was a decidedly spicy one. Although the decision was reached practically by a party vote, the Republicans against the bill and the Democrats supporting it, Mr. Willis, of Delaware, did not vote with his parly on the measure and made a warm speech in which he onoucuH hie nrtllpuorups of heinc in MVVU^VV. ...w w?r..vMO O ? league with "the speculators and gamblers of Wall street," as he termed them. Strait on Cuba.?Lancaster correspondent of The State: Congressman T. J. Strait has been at home during the past week. He has beeu confined to his house with a threatened attact of pneumonia. If his condition permits, he will return to Washing next Monday. He favors the recognition of the belligerents rights of Cubans by the United States and predicts that if the concurrent resolutions, already passed by the house of repre. _ j i;i- i.. A.. 1... seniauves, ana iiaeiy iu ue pnsaeu uy the senate, are ignored by the president, that joiut resolutions of the same effect will, in all probability pass both bodies and if vetoed by the president, will be pased over his veto. Sloan Re-Elected, Columbia's biennial city election took place last Tuesday. The candidates were Messrs. W. McB. Sloan and J. K. Alston. Mr. Sloan was elected [ by a vote of 1,122 to 741. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. E. T. Carson?Has lost a black-brindle cow which he wants to recover. He offers to pay for information leading to her recovery. Grist Cousins?Have G. L. Riddle's unadulterated patent flour, tell you what you can get from them for 5 and 10 .cents in glassware, and wish to sell you a buggy, phaeton, surrey or any other kind of vehicle for cash. ' Moore <fe Mav?Have a 4-passenger buggy, made by the late B. T. wheeler, which has recently been overhauled and repainted, and will sell it cheap for spot cash. They also want you to remember that they are prepared to do all kinds of repairing ana shoe horses and mules in a satisfactory manner. J. W. Dobson?Has Moffatt cotton planters, double-foot plow stocks, guano distributors, flour at 91.75 per sack, grated pineapple, essences aud French and stick candy. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Announce that their new millinery is arriving by every train, and invite everybody to come and see the stock-. They mention a few of the articles and quote prices. J. J. Hunter?Tells about the arrival of new goods at his store and mentions boys spring suits at $1.25, Weylman's strap sandals for children, and an everyday shoe for $2.50. J. Mason Ferguson, the Cross Roads Groceryman?Can furnish you with either eating or seed sweet potatoes, buckwheat flour, New Orleans molasses and staple and fancy groceries. Abernathy, the Tinman?Gives you an outline of what be* sells and tells you what he can do in the way of repairing. H. C. Strauss?Advises yon to watch the pennies and lets you know that bis spring stock is arriving. Reg. M. Grist?Publishes a list of some of the periodicals with which he can supply you and the prices at which they can be obtained through him. W. E.' Ferguson?Offers you Heinz pickles of the quality of which, he says, are not usually found on this market. He offAm fn hp 11 a hroom for 15 cents that others ask 25 cents for. He baa pinhead oatmeal, sweet potato seed and 75 healthy looking chickens. M. Props, the Jeweler?Near the Three C's hotel, is prepared to repair your watch and guarantee the work for a year. BESET BY THIEVES. From quite a number of reports that have reached The Enquirer recently, the Philadelphia neighborhood is badly beset by thieves, and the people are becoming somewhat impatient at their losses. Mr. E. T. Carson has been one of the worst sufferers. He was in The Enquirer office on Tuesday for the purpose of advertising for a cow that was stolen from him on the 9th instant. "I am satisfied that the cow was stolen," said Mr. Carson, "for she bad a young calf and would not have left it. As soon as I missed her, I bunted the neighborhood good, without success, and alter 1 put out the word that she hud been stolen, two or three people told me that they had seen a Negro driving just such a cow towards Yorkville, shortly after dusk, on the evening of the 9th. They described the Negro as being quite black, somewhat slim of build, something over 5 feet high, dressed in ragged blue overalls and ragged coat, and almost barefooted." Speaking of other thefts, Mr. Carson said that not long ago he'bad some plow moulds stolen from a field, and later a fine pig. He thinks that the thieves are probably organized and have an arrangement by which they transfer their stolen goods to distant partners, and tbns diminish the chances of detection. "And if we don't break them up pretty soon," he concluded, "they are going to break us up." COLORED PRESBYTERIANS. f Last week has been a big time with the colored Presbyterians of Yorkville, and of the Fairfield presbytery, synod of the Atlantic. The occasion was the first meeting of the presbytery with the church at this place, and the few colored presbyteriansin the community are very much gratified at the result. Rev. J. C. Simmons, pastor of the church here, has given The Enquirer the following, information in regard to the presbytery and session just closed: "Fairfield presbytery is a part of the Northern Presbyterian church, and apart of the synod of the Atlantic. Its bounds include all the eastern part ol the State from the Broad, Congaree and Santee rivers, and comprises 58 churches, sup-" plied by 32 ministers, "The session of presbytery just closed convened on last Wednesday with Rev. M. J. Seabrook, of Sumter, as moderator; Rev. I. D. Davis, of Maysville, stated clerk; and Rev. H. N. Payne, D. D., Field Secretary of the Freedman's Board, Presbyterian church, U. S. A., officiating. "The visiting delegates numbered 66 in all, including 32 ministers and 34 elders, and the work generally was of a routine nature.'? Two new ministers were ordained. They were D. C. Wilkes, and Veal. J. H. Cooper and Junius Gregg, Jr., were licensed to preach, and A. J. Jefferson was taken under the care of presbytery. "On Thursday night there was a big meeting in the court house. Quite a number of our white friends were in attendance, and some good addresses were delivered by Dr. D. J. Sanders, president of Biddlo universitv: Dr. H. N. Payne and Dr. G. T. Dillard. The general subject of the addresses was 'Presbyterianism for the Masses.' "On Friday night, the exercises were devoted to the advancement of woman's missionary work. Mrs. M. M. Jones, of McConnellsville, presided, and several , carefully prepared essays were read. Mrs. Jones resigned tho presidency of the Womau's Presbyterian society, and Mrs. , M. C. Young, of Rock Hill, was elected as her successor. I "Presbytery adjourned sine die on Mon- \ day night, to hold its next meeting with Bethlehem church, iu Sumter county, , commencing on the second Wednesday in < September. I "All the members of presbytery were j most favorably impressed with Yorkville. They say that they do not remember that j the body has ever had a more successful < meeting in its whole history, and we are ] particularly grateful to our white friends for their kind treatment. Had it not been , for them, I hardly know what we would j have done. They fed and provided for 20 j delegates for the whole stay in town, and , also helped us most liberally with their j contributions. They are Christians, and if we do our duty, with their help, I am < sure that we need not have any fears as to 1 the result of our efforts'in establishing a j nourishing Presbyterian church at this i place." Rev. Simmons is a very intelligent Negro with a good education, and is quite earnest in his work. At the request of f the roporter, he outlined the history of the effort to establish a church here. The 1 first attempt of which be has any knowl- 1 about 15 years, and was ! madeb^^UBcher named Blake. Blake < labored for seteral years and was follow- 1 by Rev. M. oAjobuson. lie was follow- J ed by' Rev, fjuben Nanoe, Ne*t came I Rev. J. A. Ra?ey, then T. A. Nance and 1 N. C. Davit., and last March, Rev. Sin mons took charge. Misses Maria M Pheeters and Lessie D. Witherapoon hai greatly interested themselves in the woi for several years past, and it is largely their efforts hat much of the success tb has been met with is due. They hai been keeping the Sunday-school going a the while :\nd availing themselves every opportunity to forward otherchun wprk as we.l. f The church is now composed of members, with Oliver Thompson, Dani Witberspoon and Robert Wright i elders, and Wash Jackson and Theodo Burrls as deacons. For a place of wo ship, they aro using an old lumber hou near the 0. R. & C. depot. All of tl cburch officers, except Wright, who b grown up since the war, are old slave: time converts, and used to belong to tl same Presbyterian churches with the white masters. Thompson was a met ber of the Olivet church, and for yea past has been doing his best to secure tl establisme it of a colored Presbyterii church at Yorkville^JL LOCAL LACONICS. Time Expired. x Jim Gatrison, colored, has returned Yorkville after a three year's term in tl Washington Reform school. He was se up, it will be remembered, for breakii into the postoffice at this place. D?. M/tn?? U. S. Marshal J. P. Hunger annoutic that he is ready to pay off the certificat of mileage issued to witnesses aud jure during the February term of the Unit States court at Greenville, if checks a sent to bira promptly at Charleston. Gone to Beat. Rev. Samuel Leard, for 00 years preacher in the South Carolina feonferen of the Methodist Episcopal church Sou died ut Raleigh, N. C., on March 9. I had been on the superannuated list eig years, and at the time of his death was years of age. His death was the result a fall sustained while ascending the ste of his dwelling. 1 DISTRIBUTING BIBLES. The annual meeting of the Yorkvil branch of the American Bible socie was held in the Presbyterian church It Sunday night. The appointment w made the occasion of a union meetin and all the churches were represented in large congregation. The report of the treasurer was read 1 Rev. W. G. Neville. The report show that during the year, books to the val of $83.40 had been sold, 45 cents wor had been donated, and there are now < band books to the value of $88.40. At It report the treasurer had on band $27.4 Since that time he has received for bool sold, $84.47, and from donations $25.! The cash on hand at the closp of the ye was $22.79. The sum of $109.93 has be paid to the American Bible society dt ihg the year, and $5 has been paid out f frieght and other expenses. i Fifty members were enrolled for tl year 1896. Miss Bessie Mason was elect a life member of the American Bible so< ety, and officers of the Yorkville bram were elected as follows: W. G. Nevill president; W. W. Lewis, secretary ; J. Hunter, treasurer. Executive comm tee: Revs. W. G. Neville, B. H. Grl< R. A. Lee, A. N. Branson, Messrs. J. . Watson, F. A. Gilbert. S. M. Grist, W. Barron, Dr. J. C. Kuykendal. PETIT JURORS?SECOND WEE1 The following list of petit? furors w drawn on Tuesday to serve during tl second week of the approaching term the circuit court, his Honor Judge Wit erspoon presiding: R. A. Clark, ..Catawt J. C. Blair. Bullock's Cree E. P. Steele, Ebenew J. C. Cline, . Cberokt W. A. Watson Fort Mi A. A. Young, Fort Mi W. C. Whitesides, Jr.,...Bullock's Cree John J. Wallace, Bullock's Cree W. A. Crawford, Bullock's Cree W. J. Miller, Ebenea W, J. Stewart Fort Mi J. M. Caldwell, Broad Riv< John Funk Catawt J. A. Ratteree, Betbi J. N. McGill, Broad Riv< W . C. Gist, Yor O. C. G. McCarter, King's Mountai R. E. Gettys, Yor T. L. Johnson, Catawt G. C. Ormand, Betb< B. G. Brown, Beth* J. E. Mintz, Cberokt A. M. Dover, Cherokf R. L. Strait, Bethesd T. T. Leslie, Catawt John A. Byare Broi*l Riv< J. A. Williford, Catawt R. B. Bigger Beth* Paul T. McNeel, .....Yor J. J. Matthews, Beth* R. G. Bennett, Fort Mi J. H. Milling Catawb W. T. Poag, Catawt J. K. farotnfirs Fort Mi R. G. Garrison.! ; Ebenea George R. Wallace, Yor NEXT COURT. Though the sessions business at tl next court; promises to be unusually ligb the outlook is that the common pie business mil be fully as heavy as usrn No new business has yet been entert upon the calendars. The rule requir entry 14 days before the convening court; but with the consent of the atto neys on both sides, this rule may 1 evaded and cases entered on until court in session. The sessions docket now contains on! four cases, continued over from the la term. The balance of the docket will 1 made up from the presentments of tl grand jury, and judging from the.nun ber of prisoners in jail these presen ments will be fewer in number tb? during any previous spring term f years. The contingent docket is made up wii cases in which the defendants have n been arrested. Tbere are tbree cases c the docket at present, and it is not like that any of them will be tried. Calendar No. 1 carries the coinmc pleas jury business. There are on it no 20 cases, and there will probably be /roi 3 to 10 more to come. It is not likel; however, that more than half of the will be tried, and second week juToi may feel pretty safe in calculating th: they will get through in six days. < less. There are 67 cases on Calendar No. i mine of them have been on the calendi for 25 or more consecutive terms, and wl probably remain for as many teru more. They represent equity busines }olel?. On Calendar No. 3 there are 15 cases lefault. Quite a number of thetn are ol ind unimportant. In anv event, the ian be disposed of at the rate of aboi three a minute when everybody is in tt notion. IfUr the Courthouse, The following bids for the count *eat of Saluda couuly have been sul milted to the committee that has it matter in charge ; Emory offers li icres of land $160 iu money ; Mickle K Roads offers every other lot iu 9C teres of land aud $1,100 iu mouey ; Re Bank offers to give a site for the pul lie buildings and laud for the street ind build the courthouse. V iT~ MODEL COMMUNITY. c- \ ire Everybody Happy and Prosperous?Making ' k Arrangements For Free Silver Demonto ' strati on. At correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 76 McConnellsville, March 16.?Peace and harmony, pig and hominy prevail in of our little town. It is common to say In :b writing about such places as ours, "quiet" little town or villiage; but we repudiate ^ the epithet unless it means orderly, peaceel ful, temperate, etc. Ours is mostly an 88 agricultural community, and-our fiarmre ers are by no means quiet. On the r" contrary they are active, energetic and 86 prosperous. If it were not so, the pig and hominy would not be so abundant. 88 Our merchants?Mr. Clinton, Mr. Ashe, ^ Mr. Sanders and Mr. J. M. Williams, who 6 is also a large dealer and raiser of horses, mules and cattle?are wide awake, oblign~ ing and polite; keep good stocks of goods, ^ and are able to supply all demands made in upon them. We cannot mention all our tradesmen and industries; but we cannot forbear to speak of our worthy Tubal Cain, Mr. Sansing, by "The fierce red light to Of whose furnace bright he The strokes of the hammer ring." nt This is the center of the order of what ng was once aptly termed tne Jdoiy uonsmbcod. We are not ashamed to belong to the order. Many of as are related by ^ blood or the marriage tie, and those who are not, we try to treat as we are bidden irs in the 11th commandment Wearebaped py in having no denominational differre ences, being in the same household of fkitb, inheriting it Arum old Bethesda church, whose deep and strong foundaa tions were laid before the "century living ce crow" perched on the giant oaks around' th it, and died seeing no signs of senility in le the old structure or organization. Sam ht Jones once said that "the Methodists and ; 82 dog-fennel had taken Georgia." Follow0f ing the simile on, we might say that the p8 Presbyterians and rag-weeds had captured this section. Many Christianizing and charitable . streams have bad their fountainhead in lie Bethesda church, not the least of which, ty perhaps, is the present Ladies' Aid society, ist the western branch of which, in farthering as some worthy cause, proposes giving a g, Leap Year Silver reception at the acadeia my, Friday night, the 20th, at which elegant and appetizing refreshments will by be served free. The ladies say that all ed who come shall have a good time, both ue before, at, and after supper. The enterth tainment being a "freesilver" demonstraan tion, so to speak, each person who attends Lst is expected to put in the box a piece of 12. silver|(coin). Nothing less than leg will be received. We hear the slot in the 3. box is large enough to let 91 pass through, ar AH are invited. Come and bring yonr en uncles and your cous?(who was that said ir- rats?) ins, and your sisters and yonr or sweethearts and your little brothers. The "guv'ner" and your mother come by he themselves. l? a w. ed LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. . e, ja Thomson'* Hill Acted Curiously and People it- Thought It Was Haunted. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ta Etta Jane, March 13.?Superstitions people have thought for a long'time that Thomson's mill was bannted, and, t. last Sabbath night was a week ago, the as theory came near proving out correct, be About dark, the mill set to running, of Nobody was there or knew anything t- -i A u iir- i u- auum JU tv aiu aiucy a tasiurou uiau nuv was on that side of the creek, started >a. home. He had to cross the bridge near k. the mill. When he got near enough to' ^ hear it, he turned back and reported ]][ what was going on. So the mill rattled ]\. away all night. Next morning, as Mr. k. Waddy T. Osment, the miller, went to k. his work, he heard the mill running and thought some one had brokeu in jh And taken his job. When Jie got to. the sr. mill, be found everything just as he >a. lelt it. The door was all right and nobody on the inside that be oould see. j[* He went in ar.d there was some corn in the hopper, when it occurred to him that k. on Saturday night, when he left it he bad raised the runner so as to allow it to eJ* cool off. He thinks that a rat got into the box, and as the runner was started by its * ?e* weight, tjie waste water through the gate la. kept it in motion, which resulted in the >* above scare. 5r* Several persons have been drowned by ^ being swept over the dam in times of high k! water, while attempting to cross in batel. eaus, and this is a sufficient reason for some people to think the place is haunt ? ?d]]a Farmers are not doing much since the >r! last rain. Wheat and oats are looking k. very nice, and generally both are good stands. Sigma. hp ,t? BLACKSBUR6 BUDGET. 88 Error Corrected?Venermblo Visitors?The Fertiliser Works?Shipping Sand to Upcaster. Correspondence of the Yorkvlllo Enqalrer. r_ Blacksbubg, March 17.?There was an unintentional error in my letter of last jg week, as to the time of holding onr municipal election. It will be held on Monday . next, the 23rd instant, instead of the 30th. at A most venerable and interesting trio of O0 old people left here last week for their 3e homes in Cleveland county, after a week's visit to relatives here. They were Mr. and Mrs. Audley Martin, the parents of m Mrs. B. J. Gold, of our town, and Mrs. Martin's brother, Mr. T. D. Lattimore. Mr. Martin is 87, his better half 84; and ^ Mr. Lattimore 78 years of age, their ages ot aggregating 249 years. They are all re)n markably healthy and active for old peo! pie, and bid fair to live many years yet. The Fertilizer Manufacturing company at this place is manufacturing from 60 to w 70 tons of high grade fertiliaere per day, ^ and their shipments are reaching a large y amount. Eleven carloads were sent otf ^ in one day last week. Captain Anthony, re the polite and courteous superintendent, at keeps the doors of the plant open all the Jr time, and extends a cordial invitation to the farmers to come and inspect his work, j. Dr. J. G. Black is shipping a large ^ quantity of saud for making a concrete U floor for the Lancaster cotton mill, is ^ w. A. SHARON SHAVlNtiS. of ,d What the Farmer* Are Doing?Penonal >y Mention?Candidate for Congress. ^ Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Sharon, March 16.?The farmers of this section have made good use of the fine weather that has been prevailing so ? far during March, and have done bettor j work and more of it than I have ever before seen-up to this time. It is not all cotton they are working for either. Quite , a large quantity of corn land has been ? prepared. There is very little small grain ; but what there is looks well. Representative Carroll has been quite *' ill lor several days; but is now getting 8) better, Misses Minnie and Estelle Palmer, of